{"product_id":"the-art-of-war-the-book-of-lord-shang-9781853267796","title":"The Art of War \/ The Book of Lord Shang","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated by Yuan Shibing and J.J.L.Duyvendak. With introductions by Robert Wilkinson.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe two political classics in this book are the product of a time of intense turmoil in Chinese history. Dating from the Period of the Warring States (403-221BC), they anticipate Machiavelli's The Prince by nearly 2000 years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Art of War\u003c\/em\u003e is the best known of a considerable body of Chinese works on the subject. It analyses the nature of war, and reveals how victory may be ensured.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Book of Lord Shang is a political treatise for the instruction of rulers. These texts are anything but armchair strategy or ivory-tower speculation. They are serious, urgent and practical responses to the desperate situations in which they were written. They have been immensely influential both inside and outside China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wordsworth Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781853267796\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Sun Tzu, Shang Yang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42925173113013,"sku":"9781853267796","price":10.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_95578fde-5eff-40b6-97a1-d2799d6ede27.jpg?v=1687847101","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-art-of-war-the-book-of-lord-shang-9781853267796","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}